Synonyms of crater

crater 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to collapse

to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapse
• flop
• fail
• bomb
• fold
• tank
• miss
• strike out
• struggle
• fall short
• flame out
• fall flat
• come to grief
• wash out
• come up empty
• lay an egg
• founder
• come a cropper
• crash
• decline
• flunk
• die on the vine
• slump
• slip
• fall on one's face
• skid
• crumble
• sink
• flounder
• misfire
• go under
• wane
• implode
• miscarry
• self-destruct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work out
• go
• go over
• succeed
• come off
• deliver
• click
• pan out
• cook
• flourish
• thrive
• prosper
• win
• triumph
• prevail

2

as in to plunge

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunge
• dip
• fall
• tumble
• decline
• drop
• plummet
• sink
• dive
• descend
• skid
• crash
• lower
• decrease
• die (down)
• retreat
• nose-dive
• taper off
• diminish
• moderate
• subside
• ebb
• dwindle
• lessen
• recede
• droop
• wane
• let up
• abate
• de-escalate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rise
• lift
• ascend
• mount
• arise
• soar
• increase
• build
• spike
• grow
• expand
• up
• swell
• enlarge
• accumulate
• pick up
• intensify
• escalate
• wax
• balloon
• snowball
• mushroom
• burgeon

crater

2 of 2

noun

as in cave

Related Words

• cave
• cavern
• valley
• trench
• pothole
• excavation
• borehole
• sinkhole
• water hole
• basin
• ditch
• burrow
• furrow
• well
• bowl
• groove
• trough
• posthole
• gutter
• cleft
• chuckhole
• opening
• pocket
• alcove
• impression
• wallow
• socket
• nook
• chasm
• abyss
• vacuum
• recess
• pit
• imprint
• gouge
• dimple
• alveolus
• cavity
• niche
• void
• notch
• hollow
• concavity
• depression
• indentation
• gulf
• dent
• hole
• vacuity
• dint
• indenture

Dissimilar Words

• hill
• rise
• mound
• tumor
• swelling
• swell
• lump
• bump
• hump
• bunch
• projection
• bulge
• protrusion
• convexity
• pimple
• camber
• protuberance
• jut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crater

Verb

Years later, as his time in office comes toward a close, McConnell is now pushing to close that loophole — but a number of Kentucky farmers and advocates say his proposal could crater a growing industry in the Bluegrass State. — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 July 2025

The suit also argued that the move to zone students to another traditional middle school in the area would crater both its enrollment and funding and could ultimately force LEAD Cameron to close. — Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

Noun

The crater — named for the late Thomas McGetchin, a former director of Houston’s Lunar and Planetary Institute — is three times bigger than the previous record-holder found by the LRO a decade ago. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

The crater — named for the late Thomas McGetchin, a former director of Houston's Lunar and Planetary Institute — is three times bigger than the previous record-holder found by the LRO a decade ago. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026